BUSH: -- imagine a world in which Saddam Hussein was there, stirring up even more trouble in a part of the world that had so much resentment and so much hatred that people came and killed 3,000 of our citizens...
The terrorists attacked us and killed 3,000 of our citizens before we started the freedom agenda in the Middle East. They were ...
Attempt at making the 9-11/Iraq connection...
QUESTION: What did Iraqi have to do with that?
BUSTED!
BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?
Do you think his intention was to just play dumb and hope no one calls him on it?
QUESTION: The attacks upon the World Trade Center.
BUSH: Nothing. Except for it's part of -- and nobody's ever suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a -- Iraq -- the lesson of September the 11th is: Take threats before they fully materialize, Ken.
Nobody's ever suggested that the attacks of September the 11th were ordered by Iraq.
No. No one ever suggested that the attacks of September the 11th were ordered by Iraq, but you and Dick Cheney tried really hard to link the two in order to justify invading Iraq in the first place. And that turned out to be a complete lie.
What is truly mind-boggling to me is this administration's continued attempt to link the war in Iraq with 9-11. There was no connection. None. At least they've stopped calling anyone who disagrees with them unpatriotic:
"I will never question the patriotism of somebody who disagrees with me. This has nothing to do with patriotism. It has everything to do with understanding the world in which we live."
Instead he just calls us stupid and naive.
You know what I wish? I wish he'd stand up and say "I was wrong. The intelligence was wrong. The rush to invade Iraq was a bad decision especially given that we had no real plan for what to do once Hussein was out. We invaded a country in which we didn't truly understand the cultural and religious differences that existed within the population. We invaded a country because I needed someone to be held responsible for 9-11 and I couldn't catch the real culprit. We invaded a country because we need oil and they've got it. I'm sorry that I put American citizens in harms way for my own political gain. I'm sorry for the over 2500 American servicemen and women that have died as a result of my decisions. But the reality is that we cannot leave. I don't say that because it would mean that my pathetic excuse for a foreign policy would be exposed as the failure that it is. I say that because it's true. Securing the Middle East is essential to peace in the world. Notice I didn't say the War on Terror (another soundbite I came up with to make sure you were all afraid all the time, by the way), but peace. So today America stands up and leads the world in a new direction: direction that looks towards solving the real root of violence--poverty and oppression. A direction that respects all religious and cultural differences. A direction that looks to literacy and education as the cornerstone of achieving peace. A direction that attempts to spread democracy through the shining example of our own--one that respects civil rights and privacy. One that is a representative government that looks first and foremost to it's people to govern itself not money and corporations. I believe that America has not only the resources to be such a leader in the world, but also the compassion and the drive to make this dream a reality."
Wow.
Delusional much, Erin?
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